Stanley

This article is about the character who appears in Greenhouse and Donkey Kong 3. For the Boo character in Paper Mario, see Stanley (Paper Mario). For the Trouter character in the Nintendo Comics System, see Stanley the Talking Fish.

Stanley, also known as Stanley the Bugman^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} (alternatively Stanley the bugman^{[5] [6] [7]} or Stanley the bug man^[8] ), is a bug exterminator who first appeared as the protagonist of the Game & Watch game Green House , where he uses his spray gun to defeat hungry pests. He reappears as the protagonist of Donkey Kong 3 , where he fights Donkey Kong and several insects in greenhouses with a sprayer.

History[edit ]

Green House[edit ]

Stanley first appears in Green House as the playable character, who must defend his plants from inchworms and spiders that seek to devour his flowers. He is referred to as the "Fumigator"^[9] in the game's manual and "Stanley the Bugman" in print ads and TV commercials.^{[1] [10] [2]} Unlike his later depictions, he appears much taller in character artwork. He wears a white cap, a red shirt, and khaki trousers. Stanley also appears in the game's port included in Game & Watch Collection .

Donkey Kong series[edit ]

Donkey Kong 3[edit ]

Stanley is the playable character of Donkey Kong 3 . Stanley works as a fumigator when Donkey Kong and various insects attack his greenhouse. Stanley uses a sprayer to spray Donkey Kong and other insects while also defending his plants. Once Stanley has pushed Donkey Kong up far enough, the game continues to the next stage. If Stanley is defeated by bugs in the arcade version, they eat him, but not in the Family Computer version. The game established Stanley's design of being short, round-faced, bucktoothed, and clad in overalls.

Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū[edit ]

Stanley returns as the protagonist of Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū . The gameplay similarly involves blasting the invading bees, this time without any plants to protect nor any multi-level platforms, comparable to Galaga .

Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)[edit ]

In the Game & Watch game Donkey Kong 3 , Stanley and Donkey Kong use sprayers competitively to try and spray bees to the other's side and sting them.

Saturday Supercade[edit ]

Stanley is the owner of Stanley's Nursery in the Donkey Kong episode "Greenhouse Gorilla" of Saturday Supercade . A carnivorous plant called Herman is in Stanley's care, but a thief steals it while Stanley is spraying a bug. The thief then convinces Donkey Kong that Stanley wanted to hurt the plant, so he starts throwing beehives at him. Being too occupied with fighting bugs, Stanley allows the thief and Donkey Kong to run away with Herman, though he later joins Mario and Pauline to chase them down. Pauline later convinces Donkey Kong that the thief is the antagonist, so the group defeats him, with help from Donkey Kong. Stanley retrieves Herman, but Donkey Kong escapes once more.

Game & Watch Gallery series[edit ]

In the Game & Watch Gallery series, Stanley is first seen in the Museum's Green House exhibit in Game & Watch Gallery 2 . He also appears in Game & Watch Gallery 3 's Classic version of Greenhouse, although the Modern version replaces him with a Yoshi. Stanley is playable only in the Classic version of Donkey Kong 3 in Game & Watch Gallery 4 since the Modern version replaces him with Mario.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit ]

Stanley appears as a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee , where he is depicted with white overalls instead of red. His game of origin is listed as Donkey Kong 3, rather than Green House.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Stanley appears as a spirit. Similar to his trophy from Super Smash Bros. Melee, his spirit is classified as belonging to the Donkey Kong franchise.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee and all later games in the Super Smash Bros. series, Mr. Game & Watch's neutral attack, called Greenhouse, uses Stanley's sprayer as a weapon. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mr. Game & Watch's appearance changes to Stanley's sprite from Green House while using the move.

WarioWare series[edit ]

Stanley makes various cameos in the WarioWare series. In WarioWare: Twisted! and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase , Stanley is playable in Donkey Kong 3 and DK 3, respectively, both having him spray Donkey Kong upward until the latter's head is caught within a beehive. Stanley is playable in a different microgame titled Donkey Kong 3 in WarioWare: Touched! , where he blows clouds out of his mouth to move Donkey Kong up into a beehive. Stanley has a role in the WarioWare: D.I.Y. microgame Greenhouse, where his goal is to exterminate insects and protect his plants.

Other appearances[edit ]

Stanley is played as in various challenged based on Donkey Kong 3 in NES Remix and its ports.

Profiles and statistics[edit ]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit ]

The Stanley trophy states that he can climb vines in Donkey Kong 3, despite him possessing no such ability in the game. It also states he must pump the main hive with his repellant, when in actuality, he must spray Donkey Kong until his head is trapped by the hive.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit ]

Gallery[edit ]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Stanley.

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List of appearances[edit ]

Names in other languages[edit ]

References[edit ]

• Humans
• Allies
• Playable characters
• Main characters
• Characters from other Nintendo games
• Donkey Kong 3
• Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū
• Donkey Kong characters
• Greenhouse
• Saturday Supercade characters
• Super Smash Bros. Melee trophies
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits
• WarioWare: D.I.Y. characters
• WarioWare: Touched! characters
• WarioWare: Twisted! characters

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